15 SYRIAN CHILDREN DEAD FOLLOWING UN MEASLES VACCINATION CAMPAIGN (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Thursday, September 18, 2014, 08:54

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The UN has halted a measles vaccination campaign in northern Syria after at least 15 children died after receiving shots, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in a joint statement.

“UNICEF and WHO have been shocked and saddened to learn of the deaths of at least 15 young children in Idlib, Syria,” the statement said. “The deaths of the children occurred in areas where a measles immunization campaign had been under way.”

The children were all under the age of two, Reuters reported, citing aid workers.

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